direction
di'rekʃәnnoun
A11,289th most heard wordIn 110 of 2278 videos (5%)heard 173 timeslast on Oct 17, 2026
- n. a line leading to a place or point
- n. the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
- n. a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
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- 0:19And when the storm came, the ocean came with a vengeance from this direction and broke through in two places, right here and just up the road in Mantoloking.当风暴来袭时，大洋从这个方向猛烈地冲了过来，在两个地方冲开了缺口，就在这里和曼托洛金（Mantoloking）那边的路上。Sand and Money | This Old House
- 20:35I use it when someone asks me for directions or dates.当有人问我方向或日期时，我会用它。Why You Can't Speak English Fluently (The "Chunk" Secret Nobody Told You) | English Podcast
- 21:42I mean, I mean, in all directions, we should be thinking about like as the inventors and as the technologists, we should be thinking about what are the impacts.我的意思是，我的意思是，在各个方面，作为发明家和技术专家，我们都应该思考其影响。How Tech Will (and Won’t) Replace Your Doctor | TED Intersections
- 1:02Each eye can move and focus in two completely different directions at the same time.每只眼睛都可以同时向两个完全不同的方向移动和聚焦。Wildest Animal Superpowers! | Compilation | Nat Geo Kids
- 6:59Chef John says it's important to keep the pasta in the same direction at this point, not to bend and stir it too much.约翰主厨说，此时保持意大利面方向一致很重要，不要过度弯曲或搅拌。5-Ingredient Pasta That's Supposed To Be Burnt?
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- one direction16×direction of13×that direction13×different direction11×for direction10×
Related words
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baybein. an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulfbeachbi:tʃn. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lakestormstɒ:mn. a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightningsandsændn. a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coralocean'әuʃәnn. a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrospherechunktʃʌŋkn. a substantial amount
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